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Eurolife mobility programme

In education, Eurolife is committed to developing new pan-European standards of excellence in life science education, culminating in the launch of the Eurolife Agreement of Academic Co-operation between Eurolife Partners:Joint Programme in Translational and Experimental Medicine (JPTEM) in 2008, a research driven programme for undergraduate and master students that promotes scholar mobility.

The JPTEM offers undergraduate and master students of the partners institutions the opportunity to carry out the practical part of their studies at one of the Eurolife institutions. The students undertake a period of research of 3-6 months at the Partner Institution, in a project that is discussed in advance between the student, the Mentor at the home university, and the Mentor at the host university, so that it is tailored to a particular research area and requirements, while building a research network.

Institutional calls: How to apply

Students are requested to adhere to the procedure outlined below for application to qualify for grants on this programme at their home intitutions.

Interested students on selected BSc and MSc programmes from Eurolife Institutions should first check research areas and researchers that may be of their interest at the corresponding partner Institutions’ web sites.

Once a prospective student has identified a research area of interest or a potential supervisor with whom they would like to work, they should contact the Network Liaison Officer in their Home institution in the first instance, before contacting the supervisor in the Host institution. The Network Liaison Officer in the Home University will inform administrators in the university of the students’ interest.

The prospective student should complete the Student template and the Administrative Exchange Form and submit to the Home Network Liaison Officer. The Home administrator will then contact the Host institution which will contact the supervisor on the students behalf.

A maximum of 3 students per institution will be selected per year for internal scholarships for stays at one Eurolife partner institution that have agreed to host the candidates. EUROLIFE offers complementary grants (500 €) for such students. Each institution runs an internal call in order to select the students to be granted. Students’ travel, accommodation and bench fees are covered by these internal agreements.

Deadlines for application

Participants feedbacks

Short-term Eurolife Research Exchanges. 3rd round – 2018-The goal of this call is to facilitate further research collaboration between Eurolife member organisations. The grants will support travel and living expenses for junior scientist to travel to another Eurolife laboratory and perform research for a period equal to or longer than 2 weeks. Proposals can be made for the funding period 1 May – 31 December 2017. The amount of the grant is 1,500€ (the number of grants is limited to 9). Researchers employed in any of the 9 institutions of Eurolife (at least when applying and during the exchange period) can apply. These researchers must hold a PhD degree (completed within the last 8 years).

Marit’s experience – Eurolife mobility programme 2016-2017-Marit van der Pol - Second year Masters' student Biomedical Sciences at LUMC- shares her experience of visiting a research laboratory at University of Strasbourg. Her project is entitled Molecular mechanisms involved in neuronal loss and plasticity by anticancer chemotherapies in the enteric nervous system and is carried out under the supervision of Dr. Christian Gaiddon.

Prof Dermot Kelleher, School of Medicine, Trinity College of Dublin:

“Exposing Trinity students to high quality research laboratories within premier European institutions provides an excellent opportunity for their development as research scientists, allowing them access to particular expertise that will complement their skills developed while at TCD. It reflects our commitment to high quality postgraduate training, preparing and mentoring our young researchers in their career development as future research leaders.”

Prof Mark Lawler, School of Medicine, Trinity College of Dublin:

“It has been a truly enhancing experience, both for the students themselves and for the university“ “It provides the students with a unique opportunity to widen their research experience and to develop valuable contacts that can enhance their future careers, while from the university perspective it helps cement the development of complimentary research partnerships.”

Prof Carol O’Sullivan, Trinity College of Dublin:

“This Programme represents the type of cutting edge research and technology with international visibility that we wish our students to engage in and master so that they can contribute to the knowledge and innovation based society of the future, both internationally and here in Ireland.“